Mandarin Orange Chicken
This is an easy, delicious meal with simple ingredients and minimal skill required.
Mandarin Orange Chicken
This is an easy, delicious meal with simple ingredients and minimal skill required.
Cooking Instructions
- 1
Heat EVOO in two large skillets (1 Tbsp for chicken, 2 Tbsp for spinach)
- 2
Add chicken breasts to skillet with 1 Tbsp EVOO over medium-low heat.
- 3
Add minced garlic and chopped thyme to the chicken.
- 4
Zest four mandarin oranges.
- 5
Add zest to chicken.
- 6
Turn chicken as necessary. It should be collecting some color, not cooking through.
- 7
Juice three mandarin oranges in a mixing bowl. It should come close to 1 cup.
- 8
Add brown sugar to mixing bowl.
- 9
Mix sugar and juice until they combine.
- 10
Pour mixture on top of chicken.
- 11
Raise heat to medium-high and allow to simmer for 20-25 minutes.
- 12
Add spinach to pan with 2 Tbsp EVOO and toss to coat leaves over low heat.
- 13
Add 3 Tbsp garlic and toss leaves to mix.
- 14
Plate the spinach after leaves wilt a bit.
- 15
Plate the chicken on top of the spinach.
- 16
Retain the liquids from the chicken pan and use as a sauce to top the chicken.
- 17
Serve hot.
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